A dirty surprise for Mitcham councillor

An “aggrieved” resident has dumped rubbish on the verge outside a Mitcham councillor’s home and the council has been inundated with complaints following a decision to delay its annual hard waste pick-up.

While residents will wait 19 months to have their waste collected, Cr Fisher’s unwelcome delivery was removed by council staff just days after it appeared.

The Eastern Courier Messenger last month reported the council would forgo its usual September hard waste collection and instead collect next April - 19 months after the last pick-up.Council has had more than 30 complaints in the past two months over the delay.

“Obviously it was someone aggrieved their hard rubbish collection has been put off,” Cr Fisher (pictured) said of the anonymous dumper.

Cr Fisher said he had not heard of such an incident in his 19 years on council.